Dispensing container for rolled sheet material



March 31, 1953 E.. KAWECKI 2,633,396

DIsPENsING CONTANER'IFOR ROLLED SHEETMATERIAL INVENToR. Eugene Kou/eck:

March 3.15 1953 E. KAwEcKl 2,633,396

DISPENSING CONTAINER FoR RoEEEn SHEET MATERIAL Filed Nov. 1:5, 195o 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 INVENTOR. 3 Eugene Koweck/ Patented Mar. 31, 1953 DISPENSING CONTAINER FOR- ROLLED SHEET MATERIAL Eugene Kawecki, Detroit, Mich., assignor to K & L Plastic Products Inc., St. Clair Shores, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application November 13, 1950, SeralNo. 195,296 5 claims. (o1. 31a-39) This invention relates to. a dispensing container for rolled sheet material such, for example, as wax paper and aluminum foill It is an object of this invention to.v produce a dispensing container f or rolled sheet material which is of simple structure, eicient in opera.- tiOl-l,r and easily loaded and unloaded without movement of any part. of the container.

This invention. also contemplates a dispenser for rolled sheet material which can be readily molded of plastic material in one, operation as an integral unit.

In the drawings:

Fig. lis a perspective view f they dispenser for rolled sheet material which is the. subjectv of this invention.

Fig. 2. is a front elevation of the dispenser showing the same loaded witha roll. of sheet material.

Fig. 3 is a. front elevation of the dispenser showing the same in the process of being loaded with a roll of sheet material.

Fig, 4 is a bottom plan View of the dispenser.

Fig. 5 is an end elevation` of the dispenser.

Fig. 6 is a, section along the line 5--6 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of the dispenser.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view corresponding to Fig. 6 but showing a modified form of the dispenser.

The instant dispenser comprises atop wall I,y front wall 2, end walls 3 and 4, ange or ledge 5 extending inwardly from the lower edge 6 of end.

wall 3, flange or ledge 1' extending inwardly from the lower edge 8 of end wall 4', and vertical rib 9 extending upwardly fromV the upper face of ange 1. Rib 9' is positioned parallel to end' wall 4V and between the inner edge, I0 of flange 1 and end wall 4'. Rib 9 is spaced inwardly from end wallV 4 and extends from the front wall 2 rearwardly to a point II just short of the rear edge I2 of' ange 1. Top wall I extends forwardly and downwardly from its rear edge I3 and merges with front wall 2. Rear edge I2 of llange 1,v rear edge I4 of Iiange 5',A andV rear edges I5 and I6 of endwalls 3 and 4, respectively, are all located in the same vertical plane.

Ears I1 extend outwardly from the rear edges I5' and I6 of end walls, 3 and 4. The dispenser is secured to a vertical wall or support I8 by passing screws I9 through openings 20 in ears I1. When the dispenser is thus secured upon a Vertical wall I8, edges I2, I3', I4, I5 and I6 contact theyertical surfacey 2I of such wall. It' will. be noted that flanges 5 and. 1 are flat or planar and slope orare inclined slightly downwardly from rear edges I2 and I4. In other words, flanges 5 and 1, which serve assupportsor shelves for the roll of,A web material 25,. areinclined downwardly toward the front wall 2. Thus the. angle B be,- tween the upper surfaces of flanges 5 and 1 and the vertical plane which runs through the rear edges, I2,y I3, I4, I5 and I6` is slightly greater than a right angle,l for example, about 92. The slope ofV anges 5 and 1 is suiicient so that, the

roll 25 will. roll down. and contact the inside face of front wall 2. The lower horizontal edgev 26 of front wallv 2. is serrated. The lower portion of front wall. 2. beneath curve section 2,1- is planar and makes an. angleA slightly greater than with a line. 28 perpendicular to facev 2-I of support I8.

Referring to Figs.. 4, 5 and. '1, it, will be noted that the. forward edge 29 off flange 1l and the. forward edge. 30 of ange. 5 are positioned rearwardly of serrated edge. 26` so that the webl of sheet material 3| forming roll 25 passes downwardly in. back of serrated edge 2 6' and forwardly of edges 29 and 3U'.

Figs.. 2 and 3 illustrate, how the. roll 25 is loaded into the dispenser. The, axialextent. or length of roll 25 is greater than the distance between the inner edge I0 of flange. T and the. inner edge 32 of fiange 5 but less than the distance between rib 3 and end wall 3`. The distance between the inner edge 3'2 of flange 5` and end wall 4 is suiiicient so that when roll 25` is inserted into the.

dispenser through the opening between flanges 5 and 1 and the roll shifted to the right', Fig; 3y until one end of the roll is over rib 9' and in contact with the inner face of end wall 4 then the other end 34 of the roll will clear th-e inner edge 32 of flange 5, Fig. 3, and permit-the roll to be moved upwardly into the container and then shifted to the left, Fig. 3, until end 34 of roll 25 rests upon flange 5V and the other endv 35 of the roll rests upon ange 1; to the left of rib 9.

To remove the roll'- 25 from the dispenser it is only necessary to raise end 35 of the roll above the upper edge of rib 9 and then shift the roll to the right` until end 34'- clearsy edge 32 of flange- 5, Fig.. 3', whereupon thev roll can be swung downwardly and outwardly from the dispenser.

The distance between end wallsA 3 and 4' is not critical. The important thing is that wall 4 should be positionedn to the rightV of rib: 9 a sufficient distance so that the end 34 of the roll will clear edge 32. of flange 5 when the end 9 and end wall 3 isf about a quarter of an inch.

greater than the length. of roll 25..

Wall I8, Figs; l, 4 and? 6, is a vertical Wall. If desired, the instant; dispenser may bernounted upon. a horizontal wall 40, Fig; 81. In. such case rib 9 is provided with an 'extension` 4I which. extends along the inner face of wall 2 and in the plane fo rib 9. When the. dispenser is mounted. as shown. in Fig. 8, roll 25 will rest. ,I upon the inner face of wa1l.2 which. is; inclined.

As a matter of economy downwardly or to the right, Fig. 8 (angle A being slightly greater than a right angle), so that the roll is maintained forwardly and in contact with anges and 'l which now be positioned substantially vertically. Roll 25 will again be positioned between rib 9, 4l and the end wall 3 of the dispenser.

The instant dispenser is preferably injection molded as an integral unit from a known thermoplastic material. Owing to its integral and simple construction, the instant dispenser can be injection molded in a single shot by conventional injection molding methods.

The rib 9 cooperates with the end wall 3 and the downwardly inclined iianges 5 and 'l to present the free end 3l of the sheet material to the serrated cutting Vedge 26. The rib 9 cooperates with end wall 3 to determine the longitudinal position oi roll 25. dispenser the space between rib 9 and wall 4 makes it possible to load the roll in the dispenser without removing any part of the integral dispenser. With the instant dispenser there is no need to remove covers, spring loaded devices, or any other part of the holder in order to load or unload the same.

In a dispenser for rolled sheet material, such as paper or aluminum foil, it is highly desirable that the overall dimensions of the dispenser should be kept to a minimum. From the above description it is evident that the instant dispenser can hold a roll of sheet material to be dispensed where the original diameter of the roll is substantially equal to the distance between the inner face of the front wall 2 and the surface 2| upon which the dispenser is mounted and wherein the overall height of the dispenser is only slightly greater than the original diameter of the roll. This object of maintaining the dispenser compact so that it is only slightly larger than the initial size of the roll of sheet material to be dispensed is made possible by the provision of locating medium or rib 9 vand the provision of the space between rib 9 and the end wall 4 which, as above described, permits the loading of such a compact dispenser.

I claim:

l. A dispenser adapted for dispensing a roll of sheet material comprising a front wall, end walls, ledges located inwardly of the end walls and adapted to support the said roll adjacent its opposite ends, the ledges and lower edge of the front wall deiining an opening through which said roll can be loaded into said dispenser, said ledges being spaced from the front wall to permit the passage of the sheet material between the ledges and the said front wall, a locating member positioned within the dispenser between the inner edge of one of said ledges and the adjacent end wall, said locating member being spaced inwardly from its adjacent wall and adapted to cooperate with an end of said roll for maintaining said roll upon said ledges whereby in loading said dispenser an end of the roll can be passed over said locating member into the space between said locating member and the adjacent end lwall so that the other end of the roll clears the edge of the opposite ledge preparatory to shifting the roll in the opposite direction to its final dispensing position upon said ledges.

2. The dispenser defined in claim l wherein the edge ofsaid front wall.A

In loading the 3. The dispenser claimed in claim 1 wherein the dispenser when considered as mounted with its front wall forming the bottom of the dispenser upon which the roll is supported, then said front wall is inclined downwardly toward said ledges to hold said roll in contact with said ledges.

4. A dispenser adapted for dispensing a roll of sheet material comprising a front wall, end walls, flanges extending inwardly from the end walls and adapted to support the said roll adjacent its opposite ends, the flanges and lower edge of the front wall dening an opening through which said roll can be loaded into said dispenser, said ilanges being spaced from the front wall to permit the passage of the free end of the sheet between the fianges and the said front wall, a locating member positioned above one of said flanges and between the inner edge of said flange and the adjacent end wall, said locating member being adapted to cooperate with an end of said roll for maintaining said roll upon said anges, the distance between the end wall adjacent the said locating member and the inner edge of the remote ange being greater than the distance between the inner edges of said flanges whereby a roll having a greater length than the distance between the inner edges of said flanges can be loaded into the dispenser by passing the one end of the roll into the container and over said locating member until the opposite end of the roll clears the free edge of the ange opposite said locating member whereupon the roll can be shifted within the dispenser and positioned upon said flanges between the said locating member and the opposite end of the said dispenser.

5. A dispenser adapted for dispensing a roll of sheet material comprising a front wall, end walls. flanges extending inwardly from the end walls and adapted to support the said roll adjacent its opposite ends, the `iianges and lower edge of the front wall defining an opening through which said roll can be loaded into said dispenser, said anges being spaced from the front wall to permit the passage of the free end of the sheet between the flanges and the said front wall, a locating member positioned immediately above one of said anges and between the inner edge of said flange and the adjacent end wall, said locating member extending only a portion of the distance between its adjacent iiange and the top wall and being adapted to cooperate with the lower portion of an end of said roll for maintaining said roll upon said flanges, the distance between the end wall adjacent the said locating member and the innerV said locating member until the opposite end of the roll clears the free edge of the flange opposite said locating member whereupon the roll can be shifted within the dispenser and positioned upon said flanges between the said locating member and the opposite end of the said dispenser.

' EUGENE KAWECKI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Miano Nov. 25, 1919 1,920,074- Gluck July 25, 1933 

